Chapter 8
Chapter Eight
ABC is a
ABC is designed to good supplement
provide managers with to our traditional
cost information for cost system
I agree!
strategic and other
decisions that potentially
affect capacity and
therefore affect fixed as
well as variable costs.
“Best
“Best practice”
practice” ABC
ABC differs
differs from
from traditional
traditional costing
costing in
in five
five ways.
ways.
Manufacturing Nonmanufacturing
costs costs
Traditional ABC
product costing product costing
“Best
“Best practice”
practice” ABC
ABC differs
differs from
from traditional
traditional costing
costing in
in five
five ways.
ways.
Manufacturing Nonmanufacturing
costs costs
Some
Mo
st,
not but
All
all
Traditional ABC
product costing product costing
“Best
“Best practice”
practice” ABC
ABC differs
differs from
from traditional
traditional costing
costing in
in five
five ways.
ways.
Level of complexity
Activity–Based
Activity–Based
Costing
Costing
Departmental
Departmental
Overhead
Overhead
Rates
Rates
Plantwide
Plantwide
Overhead
Overhead
Rate
Rate
“Best
“Best practice”
practice” ABC
ABC differs
differs from
from traditional
traditional costing
costing in
in five
five ways.
ways.
Volume
Allocation Bases
measures
Bases usually plus other
Number of
“Best
“Best practice”
practice” ABC
ABC differs
differs from
from traditional
traditional costing
costing in
in five
five ways.
ways.
The
The most
most commonly
commonly usedused allocation
allocation base
base
in
in traditional
traditional costing
costing is
is direct
direct labor
labor hours.
hours.
“Best
“Best practice”
practice” ABC
ABC differs
differs from
from traditional
traditional costing
costing in
in five
five ways.
ways.
The
The most
most commonly
commonly usedused allocation
allocation base
base
in
in traditional
traditional costing
costing is
is direct
direct labor
labor hours.
hours.
Problems:
In many processes, overhead is increasing
while direct labor is decreasing.
Variety and complexity of products is
increasing.
“Best
“Best practice”
practice” ABC
ABC differs
differs from
from traditional
traditional costing
costing in
in five
five ways.
ways.
ABC uses
volume as well as
other allocation bases not
All overhead related to the volume
costs are not related of production.
to volume measures like
direct labor
hours.
“Best
“Best practice”
practice” ABC
ABC differs
differs from
from traditional
traditional costing
costing in
in five
five ways.
ways.
Strong
Strong top
top
management
management support
support
Link
Link to
to evaluations
evaluations
and
and rewards
rewards
Cross-functional
Cross-functional
involvement
involvement
Cost Objects
(e.g., products Activities
and customers)
Consumption
of Resources
Cost
Unit-Level Batch-Level
Activity Activity
Manufacturing
companies typically combine
their activities into five
classifications.
Product-Level Customer-Level
Activity Organization- Activity
sustaining
Activity
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Identify and Define Activities
and Activity Cost Pools
Activities
should only be
combined within a level
if they are highly
correlated.
When combining
activities, they should be
grouped together only at
the appropriate
level.
An Activity Cost $$
Pool is a “bucket” in $
$ $
which costs are $
accumulated that
relate to a single
activity measure in
the ABC system.
Transaction Duration
driver driver
•• Customer
Customer Orders
Orders -- assigned
assigned allall costs
costs ofof resources
resources
that
that are
are consumed
consumed by by taking
taking and
and processing
processing
customer
customer orders.
orders.
•• Product
Product Designs
Designs -- assigned
assigned allall costs
costs ofof resources
resources
consumed
consumed by by designing
designing products.
products.
•• Order
Order Size
Size -- assigned
assigned all
all costs
costs of
of resources
resources
consumed
consumed as as aa consequence
consequence of of the
the number
number of of units
units
produced.
produced.
•• Customer
Customer Relations
Relations –– assigned
assigned allall costs
costs associated
associated
with
with maintaining
maintaining relations
relations with
with customers.
customers.
•• Other
Other –– assigned
assigned all
all overhead
overhead costs
costs that
that are
are not
not
associated
associated with
with the
the other
other cost
cost pools.
pools.
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When Possible, Directly Trace Overhead
Costs to Activities and Cost Objects
Overhead Costs at Classic Brass
(Manufacturing and NonManufacturing)
Production Department
Indirect factory wages $ 500,000
Factory equipment depreciation 300,000
Factory utilities 120,000
Factory building lease 80,000 $ 1,000,000
Shipping costs traced to customer orders 40,000
General Administrative Department
Administrative wages and salaries 400,000
Office equipment depreciation 50,000
Administrative building lease 60,000 510,000
Marketing Department
Marketing wages and salaries 250,000
Selling expenses 50,000 300,000
Total overhead costs $ 1,850,000
Production Department
Indirect factory wages $ 500,000
Activity Cost Pools Factory equipment depreciation 300,000
Customer Product Factory utilities
Order Customer 120,000
Factory building lease 80,000 $ 1,000,000
Orders Design Size Relations Other Total
Shipping costs traced to customer orders 40,000
Production Department General Administrative Department
Indirect factory wages $ 125,000 Administrative wages and salaries 400,000
Factory equipment depreciation Office equipment depreciation 50,000
Administrative building lease 60,000 510,000
Factory utilities Marketing Department
Factory building lease Marketing wages and salaries 250,000
General Administrative Department Selling expenses 50,000 300,000
Total overhead costs $ 1,850,000
Administrative wages and salaries
Office equipment depreciation
Administrative building lease
Marketing Department
Marketing wages and salaries
Selling expenses
Total
Indirect
Indirect factory
factory wages
wages $500,000
$500,000
Percent
Percent consumed
consumed byby customer
customer orders
orders 25%
25%
$125,000
$125,000
Production Department
Indirect factory wages $ 500,000
Activity Cost Pools Factory equipment depreciation 300,000
Customer Product Factory utilities
Order Customer 120,000
Factory building lease 80,000 $ 1,000,000
Orders Design Size Relations Other Total
Shipping costs traced to customer orders 40,000
Production Department General Administrative Department
Indirect factory wages $ 125,000 Administrative wages and salaries 400,000
Factory equipment depreciation 60,000 Office equipment depreciation 50,000
Administrative building lease 60,000 510,000
Factory utilities Marketing Department
Factory building lease Marketing wages and salaries 250,000
General Administrative Department Selling expenses 50,000 300,000
Total overhead costs $ 1,850,000
Administrative wages and salaries
Office equipment depreciation
Administrative building lease
Marketing Department
Marketing wages and salaries
Selling expenses
Total
Factory
Factory equipment
equipment depreciation
depreciation $300,000
$300,000
Percent
Percent consumed
consumed by
by customer
customer orders
orders 20%
20%
$$ 60,000
60,000
Now
Now the
the team
team can
can compute
compute the the individual
individual
activity
activity rates
rates by
by dividing
dividing the
the total
total cost
cost for
for
each
each activity
activity by
by the
the total
total activity
activity levels.
levels.
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Calculate Activity Rates
Cost Objects:
Products,
Products, Customer
Customer Orders,
Orders, Customers
Customers
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Activity-Based Costing at Classic Brass
First-Stage Allocation
Cost Objects:
Products,
Products, Customer
Customer Orders,
Orders, Customers
Customers
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Activity-Based Costing at Classic Brass
First-Stage Allocation
Second-Stage Allocations
Cost Objects:
Unallocated
Products,
Products, Customer
Customer Orders,
Orders, Customers
Customers
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Assigning Costs to Cost Objects
products.
Standard Stanchions
Sales $ 13,600
Cost:
Direct materials $ 2,110
Direct labor 1,850
Shipping costs 180
Customer orders 630
Product design -
Order size 3,800 8,570
Product margin $ 5,030
Custom Compass Housing
Sales $
Cost:
Direct materials $ 13
Direct labor 50
Shipping costs 25
Customer orders 315
Product design 1,285
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Windward Yachts
Product margins:
Standard stanchion $ 5,030
Custom compass housing (1,114
Total product margin 3,916
Less: Customer relations 3,675
Customer margin $ 241
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Product Margins
400
400 units
units xx 0.5
0.5 MH/unit
MH/unit xx $50/MH
$50/MH == $10,000
$10,000
Activity-based management is
used in conjunction with ABC to
identify areas that would benefit
from process improvements.
Conventional
Conventional ABC ABC analysis
analysis does does not
not
identify
identify potentially
potentially relevant
relevant costs.
costs. AnAn
action
action analysis
analysis report
report helps
helps because
because it: it:
•• Shows
Shows what
what costs
costs have
have beenbeen
assigned
assigned to to aa cost
cost object.
object.
•• Indicates
Indicates how
how difficult
difficult itit would
would bebe to
to
adjust
adjust those
those costs
costs inin response
response to to
changes
changes in in the
the level
level of
of activity.
activity.
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Appendix 8A: ABC Action Analysis
Next,
Next, label
label each
each cost
cost using
using an
an ease
ease ofof adjustment
adjustment
code:
code:
•• Green
Green costs
costs adjust
adjust more
more or
or less
less automatically
automatically to to
changes
changes in in activity
activity level
level without
without any
any action
action by
by
managers.
managers.
•• Yellow
Yellow costs
costs cancan be
be adjusted
adjusted toto changes
changes in in activity
activity
level,
level, but
but itit would
would require
require management
management action action to
to
realize
realize the
the change
change in in cost.
cost.
•• Red
Red costs
costs cancan bebe adjusted
adjusted to to changes
changes in in activity
activity
level
level only
only with
with aa great
great deal
deal difficulty
difficulty and
and with
with
management
management intervention.
intervention.
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Appendix 8A: ABC Action Analysis